The Mets announced today that on October 11th, Paul Blackburn underwent a cerebrospinal fluid leak repair. The very specific language used by the Mets was as follows: “the return to play for this type of procedure is 4-5 months.” Blackburn, acquired from the Athletics at the trade deadline for prospect Kade Morris, made just five appearances for the Mets before hitting the Injured List.
Blackburn initially hit the IL due to a right hand contusion caused by a come backer that hit him on his pitching hand on August 25th.